Anna
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The Latinate and New Testament form of Ann, from Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ænə
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name.
- ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:
- Every lover the years disclose / Is of a beautiful name made free. / One befriends, and all others are foes. / Anna's the name of names for me.
- 1986 Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall 1987, ISBN 081614169X, page 183:
- His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. "Len," he said. "A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that."
- ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:
- The name of a prophetess who saw the infant Jesus.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Luke 2:36:
- And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Luke 2:36:
Usage notes[edit]
- The name or its cognates are well used in all European languages because of the medieval cult of St. Anna or Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.
- Anna is periodically popular in the English-speaking world as a Latinate variant of Ann/Anne.
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna f
- A female given name, the Catalan equivalent of English Ann.
Czech[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna f
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
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Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
- Anna Template:Biblical prophetess
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References[edit]
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 114 513 females with the given name Anna have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Dutch[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna ?
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
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Estonian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
Declension[edit]
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Declension of Anna (type kala)
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Usage notes[edit]
- Traditionally one of the most popular female names in Finland, for example, the most common first name of women throughout the 19th century.
- Common first part of conjoined names such as Anna-Liisa and Anna-Maija.
Related terms[edit]
- (given names) Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anna-Liisa, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Anniina, Annika, Annikki, Annukka, Anu.
- (surnames) Annala
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A Latinate variant of French Anne, from Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Anna.
Proper noun[edit]
Anna (f)
- A female given name.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate to English Ann.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name.
Related terms[edit]
- (pet forms ) Ännchen, Ännerl, Ännerle.
- (variants): Anette, Anika, Anita, Anja, Anke, Anne, Anneli, Annelie, Anneliese, Annemarie, Annette, Anni, Annika, Anny, Antje.
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
Anna
- See 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name. Hungarian equivalent of English Ann, Anne, Anna.
Declension[edit]
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declension of Anna
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Derived terms[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (ħannah).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna f (genitive singular Önnu)
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
Declension[edit]
Italian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
- Hannah (Biblical figure)
- Anna (Biblical prophetess)
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1454. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Proper noun[edit]
Anna f
- A female given name.
- A transliteration of the female given names Ann and Anne from various languages, and of the Russian Анна.
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References[edit]
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- [2] Population Register of Latvia: Anna was the only given name of 25 747 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded in Norway in 1340. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name.
- Anna, the prophetess.
Usage notes[edit]
- One of the most popular given names in Norway since the Middle Ages. For example, the most common name of women born in Norway from the 1870s to the 1910s.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 721 females with the given name Anna living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1880s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew female name חַנָּה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna f
- A female given name.
Declension[edit]
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name, cognate to English Ann.
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1291. From Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (“Hannah”) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious". Cognate with English Ann.
Proper noun[edit]
Anna
- A female given name.
Usage notes[edit]
- Traditionally one of the most popular Swedish names, for example the most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1920s, the 1970s and the 1980s.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 302 997 females with the given name Anna living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
- English terms derived from Hebrew
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